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2K Games Announces Borderlands 2

Open-world RPG sequel to include new characters, skills, enemies, more.

2K Games confirmed today that the sequel to Gearbox Software's cell-shaded hit, Borderlands, is in development and scheduled for launch sometime before the end of March 2013.

After a rumor mill report yesterday that suggested an announcement was imminent, 2K made it official this morning with the launch of the Borderlands 2 website. New characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons, and equipment are all being designed for Borderlands 2, and players can expect to adventure across previously unexplored areas of treasure planet Pandora.

The game will make its debut at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, which runs from August 17 to 21, and 2K and Gearbox said they will also bring Borderlands 2 to PAX Prime in Seattle the following week.

2K parent company Take-Two said the game has been slotted into its fiscal year 2013 calendar, which begins April 1, 2012 and ends March 31, 2013. Further details on the anticipated sequel were not provided, but Borderlands 2 will be the cover story in the next issue of Gamer Informer magazine.

Borderlands 2 will be a Windows PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 title.

Spy Guy says: What most impressed me about Borderlands was how Gearbox continued to support the game well after release with four lengthy, well-designed expansions. The studio has done a terrific job establishing a community around Borderlands, and I'm hoping it will listen to that community's feedback as it develops the sequel.